Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small, glutinous, transparent teleostean fish, of about the size of a smelt, found on all the coasts of southern Asia, which when dried is much used as a relish by both Europeans and Indians, and facetiously called
Bombay duck . It is the Harpodon nehereus, of the family Scopelidœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small marine Asiatic fish (
Saurus ophidon ) used in India as a relish; -- called alsoBombay duck .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Bombay duck (flesh of the edible lizardfish)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Marathi bombīla.]
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john commented on the word bummalo
Great word! I assumed it meant a sad buffalo, but no. It has its own web site.
December 24, 2006
hernesheir commented on the word bummalo
It's a fish.
January 2, 2012